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Disable Screen Rotation on Kindle Fire HD

The Kindle Fire HD has Screen Rotation enabled by default. The screen will automatically flip to landscape or portrait view depending on how you hold it. If you’re reading a book or browsing the web, it can be annoying — here’s how to turn it on or off.

Swipe from the top of the screen down to bring up the Notifications screen and tap the Lock / Unlock icon.

You can do this in portrait or landscape mode. To turn rotation back on, just tap the icon again.

When your watching a movie or playing a game, it will automatically stay in its default orientation, so you won’t need to worry about locking the screen then.

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Based in MN, Brian Burgess is Editor in Chief at groovyPost. He also has contributed to other notable tech sites including InformationWeek and How-To Geek. Follow him on Twitter @mysticgeek.